Hi Everybody, Welcome back to Flag/Fan Friday
Hope you like the Mongolia episode. As you know,
This is the part where I kind of fix the mistakes that were in the video, or I talked about things that didn't quite make it
into the video. For one, I accidentally used the wrong picture for Genghis Khan
I used Kublai Khan his grandson
and speaking of which, I feel like I didn't even really talk too much about Genghis Khan throughout the video. Granted yes,
there's a lot of controversy that comes with him, a lot of his actions were brutal.
But at the same time, he really changed up the entire game for an entire content
Which is kind of why he's seen as like an iconic figure
He was born with the name Tim Wu gene and he later became the leader of the board G King clan
it wasn't until he actually United all of the other tribes and clans around him that he actually got the title of Genghis Khan which
Means something like Universal King, and yes
He was known for fighting in a lot of violent battles persian city of merv was like the largest killing ground
But at the same time he was also a very innovative geopolitical strategist
He even consulted a lot of clergy from different religions such as Buddha's Hindus Christians Muslims and to this day his burial ground is unknown
Because all the people that buried him were ordered to be killed. Also, there's some controversy behind the Buddhism in Mongolia
Some people will say that Buddhism was kind of like brought in as a way to control the population
From growing to much as in about a third of the entire population at one point where Buddhist monks that were celibate
There's probably a few other things I could have mentioned
But we really don't have a lot of time and we got to get into the flag thing. So without further ado
Dude we went from Monaco the most densely packed nation in the world to Mongolia the most sparsely populated and on top of that they
Like at one point ruled half of the world
Anyway the flag
the flag is a vertical tricolour with two red bands on each side with the blue in the middle on the left band lies the
Soyo mole symbol we'll get to this in a bit blue stripe symbolizes the eternal blue sky
whereas the red stripe stand for the nation's eternal thriving the so yomo symbol is a
Geometric image arranged in a column that represents the elements of significance to the nation the fire
symbolizes growth health and success as well as the past present and future the Sun and Moon symbolized the Mongolian nation existing into eternity the
Two triangles alluding to the points of an arrow or spear pointing downwards to indicate the defeat of interior and exterior enemies two horizontal
Rectangles symbolizing honesty justice and the people of Mongolia the Taiji symbol more commonly yin-yang
Illustrates the complementarianism of men and woman and finally the two vertical rectangles imitating the walls of a fort
Representing unity and strength keep in mind prior to this flag
They had the Socialist Republic flag before they switched over to a liberal democracy
And also the SOI elbow is kind of like a pan
Mangal symbol that applies to all Mongols across different regions in the world not just in Mongolia
You could see it on the booty at Republic of Russia's flag or the Augean Borya okrug flag
And they also had a bunch of other flags in the past especially during war times of the 20th century
It kind of changed up a lot of stuff
but the one thing that just kind of always stuck was the soy elbow symbol and with that being said now we move on to
the emblem the image contains a disc surrounded by a tomb in nasaan pattern which stands for
Eternity all around a blue field representing the sky on top lies the cintamani which are the three Buddhist jewels
Which in Mongolian folklore grants wishes below the emblem is a green mountain range
indicative of the natural landscape on top is the wheel of Dharma
Again, another Buddhist symbol draped by a haddad or traditional scarf finally in the center
We reached the wind horse, which is a symbol of the human soul in shamanistic tradition
and it also appears in Buddhist folklore in the center of the horse lies two soy mo symbol once again marking the identity of the
Mongolian people and also keep in mind in the past. They also had a bunch of other different emblems
Some of them were drastically different especially the ones during the Socialist Republic years
but overall the one thing that just kind of stuck out again was the soy mo symbol so if you're gonna take anything away from
This episode this toy Yan PO is like just the most important symbol for Mongolia, I guess
All right, so that's just about it. And that means you know what time it is it's time for geography mail time
All right guys, so let's just jump into it. We got quite a few things before we do
I have to have someone help me. You guys know him no, come on in. No
No, I do were supposed to be in the last two episodes
But you couldn't make it
Explain why I was so basically in my car epically broke down in a busy intersection and the power completely cut out could not boost
It could not do anything like that. So I was towed. All right, so let's just jump into it
You guys know how he starts postcards? Thank you. Bob. Remain Craig who visited point Roberts Washington here. We have a no-name from Micronesia
I think that was from the person from last week actually
No, I actually got a postcard from Slovenia on my favorite. They get so much Laura. This is a wooden postcard
From Finland and it features Moomin. This is like the mascot of their country
It's the most famous cartoon from Finland Nicolai from the Czech Republic
Brazil
Curitiba we got another postcard. How will this this one's for me? You're gonna lot of Czech fans doing hands. Awesome. Thank you, Ben
Oh das Ian
Who is Scottish but visited Morocco pretty cool postcard Cameron recently visited?
Kyoto hala and Gianluca who visited Cadiz Spain this one here is from far Han
He's from Malaysia and - you bring to me. Thank you so much this hope you drink
well as you're reading this, I think your name is
Brett broken something with a be. I'm sorry. Oh, he's actually originally from the Canary Islands, but he visited Iceland
Alright now let's do letters and packages letters cents from Canada. My name is George
I just completed my military service in Rhodes Greece. Oh, okay. So it's really cool
George is planning a bicycle trip all across Africa starting in Tunisia ending in South Africa. You can do it
I applaud you. Yes. No, I got some more emails
Let's take a look. Shall we this is from Michael his sophomore in college at Webster University in st. Louis, Missouri
He's asking me what my my workout routine is
alright
Michael you ready for this one hundred push-ups a day 100 sit-ups
100 pull-ups filed by a 10k run never use the heat during winter or the a/c during summer. I'm just kidding
A certain source, you know the source comment down below but I'll tell you what hard work dedication
Emanuel from the Netherlands visited Nepal Emmanuel sent this really cool postcard and this
Nepalese banknote, you know and I might take these rupees. I haven't played a lot of Legend of Zelda breath
The wild Noah is huge on anime and video games and superheroes. He pretty much is one. So go figure
This is from David from Pomona California Oh our neighbor. I read your name wrong Devon. I'm sorry Devon
Apparently I'm a superhero can't leave
HIDA Barb's for me
Marx oh I said Paul barbs with one word right there. Hey Devon through the use of Noah. Yes, Liam, Joe and Jonah
patna from
Malaysia I've been your followers since angola drew a little picture at the bottom coins there. Yeah. Yeah some souvenirs
oh-oh
Sometime, uh knee but uh, I cut open the envelope but I cut some of the banknote I cut that from the baby
Is that illegal? I don't know I could get arrested in thailand now. I'm a felon this is from joy
We're from Seattle you make geography in which I had zero interest in before fun interesting teaching about geography with the little logo
Letter for you dressed to me. Alright Jared from Gallatin Tennessee is I'm his favorite cave is a close second
Sorry Keith Warner if I played any sports growing up. I played soccer for a few years when I was younger
And then when I got to middle school, I played football through high school American football by the way- all-american football
Wait, what position do you playing football by the way, my first few years of football
I was a linebacker then I became a lineman Oh see this box is from
Daniel from the town of e to near Sao Paulo. Okay. I was thinking what could I send you?
That would be a symbol of my country and then I figured about water on a powder
This wonderful fruit from the Amazon would be great. It's energetic and good to have before exercising. It's like Brazilian pre-workout powder
I will definitely try this Daniel. Oh man Wow, you think this is a good representation of Brazil? Ok
You said it your life is on the line all the Brazilians watching. They're gonna hold you accountable to it
Alright, this next one is from Ian who visited Jordan so in his letter, he explains what this is
Whoa, that is so cool series. We have a witty call assist
He actually got a geography now sand art bottle does this is job every now at the top. Wow
I'm surprised this thing didn't shake up in the mail and like destroy the archive. That's some tightly packed sand
I'm putting this on my desk. We have one more box from
Rwanda crazy, it's straight up Africa. So Joshua says, hey Barb's last time I wrote to you was from new
Oh, you're the guy that went to new way. Okay, and you sent those shirts, right?
I got you a few things. But first the pot is for your mom. It's about time your mom gets the recognition she deserves
Ah, Josh, you just missed it. Cuz my mom is not home. She's visiting Korea with family right now
There's reminds me of those missile pings from Ethiopia. We're like the Hat from Swaziland
I think I can't wait for the Rwanda episode. This country is truly amazing after everything. They have been through
Oh, that's cool. All this little map and of course, uh the flag of Rwanda very cool
Also, the paintings are made out of cow dung
What? All right, are you serious? This part is made of cow dung
I don't smelly. I don't smell it either. I'm not gonna shake your hand. Well, I wouldn't blame you. So please well Joshua man
Thank you so much for um, just sending all this stuff from the world Wanda. That's we've never gotten anything from Rwanda
So especially thinking about my mom. So that's really cool. You rock, man
Thanks a lot vegan mom's been my mom who is one of our biggest fans senator stuff from, Iowa from, Iowa
Those flakes in the sleeves fella
All right. Well, thank you Noah's mom. Thank you. Mom. All right, that's about it. But you know what time it is return address time
Contents, I'm gonna pick out a name from this bag that has all your return addresses in it and whoever wins gets this scratch-off map
That's pretty cool provided from geography Federico. He sells them on his website. If so, if you don't win one, you can buy one cool
Let's see
Alisa from Malaysia you just wanna thank you so much. Bye guys when I was pretty cool
Thank you so much for putting your countries and hometowns on
Display know any last words you want to say before you head out you bands are awesome the love and support you showed with this
Channel is just amazing. It's wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you guys. All right, we've just been flagged stay home. Stay tuned